The lost city of Archaia - an ancient ruin sunken into the earth - lies deep in the badlands. In recent years, caravans from Eastdale have come under attack from orcs, goblins, and worse. Some say these blood-thirsty warbands have made lairs in the deep caves and ruins. Sill others say the ancient halls are filled with magnificent treasures left by the Archaians. Are you brave (or foolish) enough to delve The Forbidden Caverns of Archaia?

THe Forbidden Caverns of Archaia (FCoA) is a 296-page classic old school megadungeon for use with Labyrinth LordTM and other fantasy role-playing games. THe pages of Forbidden Caverns are crammed full with new material, maps, amazing art (including special surprizes by former TSR artists), as well as an amazing colour cover art by Ex-TSR artist Erol Otus that matches Barrowmaze Complete as a sister-book.

The Forbidden Caverns of Archaia will keep your players on their toes and your campaign going strong for years.

FCoA is brought to you by the Old School Renaissance (so don’t forget your 10’ pole).

This project was created through a group of awesome backers from Kickstarter. Without them, this project wouldn't have happened. Thank you for your support!

Ckeck my rggnow profile for all sorts of additional Barrowmaze products and goodies.

The files are in a zipped archive because they are pretty big, thus no preview shows.

Ralph TJanuary 12, 2018 11:27 pm UTC

You could always make an additional preview file, so that a preview would show.

John SJanuary 15, 2018 5:54 pm UTC

Agreed. I love these kinds of supplements, but at this price point and no preview, that's a deal breaker.

Piotr TDecember 23, 2017 9:48 pm UTC

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Bought recently first Barrowmaze Complete, then this, one after another. Both look - as far as I've read thus far - as really, really great products but... having FCoA use monsters/items/runic tables that are only available through Barrowmaze Complete is a terrible practice. Great as they might be these megadungeons are pretty expensive, and people who buy FCoA shouldn't need to buy BC to "complete" their product. Just my 2 cents anyway.

Gregory GJanuary 12, 2018 5:52 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Thank you for your review. You can very easily switch out monsters if you don't have one or the other. I tried to include as many as possible in FCoA but once one hits 100 monsters you need to cut back :)

William SJanuary 13, 2018 12:34 pm UTC

Thanks for the warning. That would have left an extremely sour taste in my mouth.

Ralph MOctober 10, 2017 6:34 am UTC

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Hi there, does this translate seamlessly to 1st ed AD&D ruleset?

Gregory GOctober 10, 2017 9:20 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Yes it does.

it will be challenging for Ad&d players.

Ralph MOctober 11, 2017 2:17 am UTC

PURCHASER

Awesome. Sold! :-)

Robert COctober 03, 2017 5:31 pm UTC

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Will this be available in print anytime soon?

Gregory GOctober 04, 2017 2:02 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Yes, just give it a couple days :)

Robert COctober 05, 2017 5:37 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Thanks Greg - just bought it along with the pdf. Looks great! I loved Barrowmaze and hope this will be just as good. Thanks all your work!

Gregory GOctober 19, 2017 5:16 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Thank you for your continued support Rob! It means a lot.

John LOctober 02, 2017 9:30 pm UTC

The Full-Size Preview does not load.

Gregory GOctober 04, 2017 2:03 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Loads on my ipad and macbook...

Gregory GOctober 04, 2017 2:05 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Oh, ok. Here’s why: the download is a zipped file containing the pdf and the poster maps etc. Full size preview only works with a pdf file alone.

John BSeptember 26, 2017 6:29 pm UTC

Is there any chance of this getting the 5e treatment like Barrowmaze Complete received? I am currently running Barrowmaze 5e version on Roll20.net for an every-other Saturday night thing. The players LOVE this. LOVE it. I knew it was good (having bought and enjoyed the OSR version) but I wasn't sure I could find OSR players. I had a bunch of friends who love 5e, so when the 5e version hit, I bought the 5e Barrowmaze in hardback / PDF. A GORGEOUS print-on-demand I might add, one of my favorite ones from here so far. I need to sit down and write a good review for it soon. But anyway, if The Forbidden Caverns of Archaia is going to get a 5e version eventually (especially as a POD) then I'd wait and get that so it would match my Barrowmaze one. But if it's never going to get 5e I may get the OSR version and take a stab at converting it myself. Sorry if I'm trying to get you to predict the future. :D

Gregory GSeptember 29, 2017 8:29 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Hello,

Yes. I am in contact with a person for the conversion and the new layout. More news to come as the fall progresses.

Nicholas JNovember 25, 2017 5:39 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Of interest to those who want the 5e version:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/843284272/the-forbidden-caverns-of-archaia-for-5e

11 days to go as of this message and very close to funded.

John BNovember 30, 2017 12:33 am UTC

Yep, thanks, I am definitely backing that!

Morgan GSeptember 19, 2017 4:31 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Any chance that the maps might be made available as full maps? The versions in the PDF are great for printing, but awful for referencing if you're planning on running this via a tablet or the like.

Gregory GSeptember 19, 2017 11:33 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

You are quite right. It completely eluded me. I will update asap.

Gregory GSeptember 19, 2017 11:55 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

I updated download (and all purchasers) to address this oversight. Thank you Morgan!

John DSeptember 19, 2017 4:05 am UTC

It would be nice if they showed you something legible in the preview.

Gregory GSeptember 19, 2017 11:27 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

I will get on that right now.

Nicholas SSeptember 15, 2017 5:59 pm UTC

PURCHASER

How do the Composition Subtables on p. 33 work? For the life of me I can't seem to figure out how to understand what the Composition column is telling me. What does the number in parentheses represent? What does an entry like 3x2 mean? Sorry if I missed the explanation somewhere, but I can't find it anywhere. Thanks!

This is a very big (indeed, mega) dungeon crawl in a sandbox style with a bit of a twist. The caverns are spread out as an ancient sunken city in a canyon. There is a larger meta-plot for the players to foil. However, it may be quite difficult for [...]

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